No, this isn’t about the tv show.   Don’t I wish!   Nope, this is about taming the office monster.  Soon after we found out we were pregnant, we decided that Bones would move his business/office to our home to reduce costs.   I don’t remember mentioning it, but my office was the project that I worked on while I was pregnant with Lil Bit.   That was about 2 years ago.   I’ve finally nearly finished and I’m closer than I’ve ever been.

Before:

From the Doorway

Not only did I have a huge table full of stuff that I moved from the second desk so that Bones had a place to work, but I also had moved Lil’ Bit’s table in there so she could hang out while we worked.  I don’t think that will be an option after Bones moves some office furniture in here and is working on customer equipment.

My to-do list included:

• scanning (10+ hours at my ScanSnap, while cleaning)
• shredding — 7 grocery bags full
• sorting
• putting away (i.e. anything that was not office-related went to the TV room to be dealt with later)
• throwing out
• breaking down boxes
• reorganize closet
• gather like items (i.e. coupons )

This was the other major messy spot and most of this just got moved to the former TV room as well.

But now it is ready (minus my desk — where all that remains to be done, sorted, or put away is now residing) for all of Bones’ work furniture and items to be moved in.   I even vacuumed all the paper shreds from the floor and hallway!

From the doorway - after

I realize it’s not the same place I took a picture of but it’s more representative of what our office actually looks like.   Otherwise, it would be a pic of an empty corner .

I also started cleaning the former TV room since the yard sale.   I’m not sure if I have any before pics; I started cleaning before I thought about it and I was on a roll.    Maybe that will be done soon enough that I can start hosting play dates .

So this is what I’ve been working on for the last week.   What about you?   What have you tackled this week?

This post is linked to Tackle-It Tuesday at 5 Minutes for Mom and Blitz-It Friday at Organized Everyday.